Introduction:

Toru Dutt was a Bengal poet, who wrote both in English and French. In this poem, she represents her longing childhood memories.

The gigantic and beautiful tree:

The casuarina tree is tall and strong. There is a climber that climbs the rough trunk of the tree, winding round and round like a huge python. This has left deep sears on the trunk of the tree. The tree stands like a giant with a colourful scarf of creepers flowers

Nature and the tree:

Birds surround the garden during day and at night, the garden overflows with the sweet song. The poet is delighted to see the casuarina tree through her window The poet spends her winter watching the baboon sitting on the top of the tree. The cows are grazing and the water lilies spring in the pond nearby like snow.

The poet’s yearning:

The poet says that the tree is dear to her not because of its grandeur. It brings nostalgic memories of her happy childhood. She also says that the tree is so dear to than her own life. The tree could communicate with her even when she is far away. She could hear the tree lamenting over her absence.

Consecrates the tree:

Wordsworth consecrates (making holy) the Yew trees in Barrowdale valley. Similarly, in the memory of her siblings and to honour the tree she consecrates the tree through her poem.

Conclusion:

Finally, she her wish that the tree should be remembered out of love and not just because it cannot be forgotten.

Moral: NATURE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HUMAN, IF WE LISTEN TO THEM.